Boswell's Life of Johnson: With an Introd. by Chauncey Brewster TinkerOxford University Press, 1934 - 704 pages |
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... thing and a wise thing . ' ' I have done a good thing , ( said the gentleman , ) but I do not know that I have done a wise thing . ' JOHNSON . ' Yes , Sir ; no money is better spent than what is laid out for domestick satisfac- tion . A ...
... thing and a wise thing . ' ' I have done a good thing , ( said the gentleman , ) but I do not know that I have done a wise thing . ' JOHNSON . ' Yes , Sir ; no money is better spent than what is laid out for domestick satisfac- tion . A ...
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... thing like swearing , angrily replied , He was not a damned fool : he only thought too well of Campbell . He did not believe Campbell would be such a damned scoundrel , as to do so damned a thing . ' His emphasis on damned , accompanied ...
... thing like swearing , angrily replied , He was not a damned fool : he only thought too well of Campbell . He did not believe Campbell would be such a damned scoundrel , as to do so damned a thing . ' His emphasis on damned , accompanied ...
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... thing . I told Mrs. Thrale , " You have so little anxiety about truth , that you never tax your memory with the exact thing . " Now what is the use of the memory to truth , if one is careless of exactness ? Lord Hailes's Annals of ...
... thing . I told Mrs. Thrale , " You have so little anxiety about truth , that you never tax your memory with the exact thing . " Now what is the use of the memory to truth , if one is careless of exactness ? Lord Hailes's Annals of ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY CHAUNCEY BREWSTER TINKER | 1 |
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SEPT 18 1709 | 17 |
INDEX 657704 | 657 |
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